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Cumbrian 'Far-Right extremist' Googled how to be terrorist

Ethan Stables, 19, did admit to possession of explosives under suspicious circumstances when he appeared for a hearing a Leeds Crown Court yesterday.




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Boy admits causing deaths of five in Leeds car crash

The teenager pleaded guilty to causing the deaths of brothers Elliott and Ellis Thornton-Kimmitt, Darnell Harte, Robbie Meerun, and Anthony Armour, in Leeds.




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Irish TV producer Kieran Creaven admits sex offences

Kieran Creaven, 54, a sports producer with RTE, pleaded guilty to grooming the girl at Leeds magistrates' court today.




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Police launch urgent hunt for missing 12-year-old boy from Leeds

George Blanchard, 12, (pictured) was last seen at 12.12pm on Monday in the Chapeltown area of Leeds, West Yorkshire, but has not been seen since and police are becoming 'very concerned'.




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Determined housing association officer exposes Leeds family-of-five

Jas, a neighbourhood officer in Leeds appearing in Channel 5's new housing series (pictured) was left seething when she discovered one of her properties had been left vacant.




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Milk in a teapot stunt backfires as market is told 'we won't be visiting you'

Leeds-based Headingley Market inadvertently kicked off a national debate when tweeting an animation which showed a teapot being poured with milk already in it.




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Killer serving life for snatching Leeds schoolgirl admits further sex attacks

John Taylor, who abducted and murdered teenager Leanne Tiernan in Leeds in 2000, pleaded guilty to 16 offences - included three of rape - committed against victims in the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s.




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Halloween revellers celebrate in Birmingham and Leeds

From scary ghosts, clowns, vampires, and witches to funny sheikhs and Harry Potters - city centres and pubs across England were packed out with pleasure seekers.




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Cabinet minister urges no-hoper Tory leadership candidates to QUIT

Housing Secretary James Brokenshire (pictured) warned that with 13 MPs having already declared - and potentially more to follow - there could end up being more runners than the Grand National.




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Walk In The Mill to continue Grand National preparations at Chepstow on Friday 

Walk In The Mill, who is as short as 14-1 second favourite with some layers for the Grand National in April, will continue his preparation at Chepstow on Friday.




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Colin Tizzard's Native River to miss Cheltenham Gold Cup and Grand National due to tendon injury

The British defence of next month's Magners Cheltenham Gold Cup has been weakened after 2018 winner Native River was ruled out of the race.




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History-maker Khadijah Mellah to be part of panel at 2020 Aintree Grand Women's Summit

Held on Ladies Day at the Aintree festival, the summit brings women in sport and business together to discuss how they continue to break down barriers and inspire others to follow suit.




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Grand National cancelled due to coronavirus pandemic as UK government plan to ban mass gatherings

The Grand National was dramatically called off on Monday night after new Government restrictions to fight the spread of coronavirus made it impossible to stage the Aintree showpiece.




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Irish racing 'tonic' for ITV viewers amid coronavirus outbreak

Presenter Ed Chamberlin says he hopes ITV broadcasting racing from Ireland on Saturday will be a tonic for sports fans in a barren live sporting landscape.




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Coronavirus UK: Grand National cancellation set to cost £500MILLION amid Covid-19 pandemic

EXCLUSIVE BY DOMINIC KING AND MATT HUGHES: The cancellation of Saturday's Randox Health Grand National will cost almost half a billion pounds in lost revenue.




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Military helicopters land at Grand National racecourse Aintree to stock hospital with equipment

Soldiers were pictured alongside the aircraft this afternoon and then seen scoping out the site, which is less than a mile from Aintree Hospital in Merseyside.




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Horse-racing might be shut down but a virtual Grand National is on

Forty runners and riders will line up tomorrow for the most anticipated race of the jumps season - but, with horseracing shut down, the Grand National's venue will be cyberspace, not Aintree.




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Candy is pick of the mix to secure victory during the hotly-contested virtual Grand National 

PETER SCUDAMORE: Despite big weight, dual winner Tiger Roll must surely go close to landing a Grand National hat-trick in Saturday's virtual race, but KIMBERLITE CANDY is my bet.




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An eerie silence grieves the city of Liverpool's £60million loss with the Grand National cancelled

DOMINIC KING: It's the jarring sight of the Blue Anchor that first strikes you. This huge pub, a furlong from the Melling Road, is usually such a bouncing venue for the three days.




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NHS set to be the big winner as almost FIVE MILLION watch Virtual Grand National and raise £2.6m

Almost five million people tuned in to Saturday's Virtual Grand National won by 18-1 shot Potters Corner as over £2.6million was raised for NHS Charities Together from people betting on the race.




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Craig Brown reviews a book examining the golden age of luxury travel

Ah, the Golden Age of Travel! This is not a book to be read while you are standing cooped-up on a crowded staircase for ten minutes as part of Ryanair's 'Priority Boarding'




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ICE issues list of nine 'fugitive' illegal immigrants released by NYC's city sanctuary policy

'Dangerous criminals are being released every single day', an ICE spokesman said. Sanctuary cities like NYC limit cooperation with U.S. immigration authorities.




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Downing Street hints it will drop post-Brexit migrant salary threshold

Downing Street today gave a strong hint a government plan to impose a minimum earnings threshold on migrants who want to come to the UK after Brexit will be dropped.




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More than 200 Central American migrants escape from detention facility in Mexico

Mexican authorities recaptured 100 of more than 200 that fled an immigration station on Monday in southern Mexico as hundreds more remained stuck on the Suchiate River's shore.




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Tory backlash over Boris Johnson's plan to ditch £30,000 minimum earnings threshold for migrants

Boris Johnson's plan to scrap a minimum earnings threshold for migrants who want to move to the UK after Brexit has sparked a backlash among Tory MPs.




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Social care workers 'will not be exempt from tough post-Brexit immigration rules'

The Home Secretary apparently set out on Tuesday that there will be no so-called 'carve outs' under Boris Johnson's Australian-style points-based immigration system.




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Downing Street rebukes UK businesses for seeking 'unlimited labour from the EU' after Brexit

Downing Street has rejected a big business demand to allow low-skilled migration from the EU to continue after Brexit, telling companies to focus on training UK workers instead.




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Ministers under pressure to do more to protect Britain from deadly coronavirus outbreak in China

The Health Secretary sought to reassure the public today as he addressed MPs about the killer outbreak that has led Beijing to place a city larger than London in quarantine.




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Kiwis in Australia call on Russell Crowe to back class action lawsuit to stop discrimination

New Zealand expatriates in Australia have called on Russell Crowe to support their bid to change 'racially discriminatory' citizenship laws.




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Government experts lay out plans for tough new points-based immigration system

The Migration Advisory Committee said post-Brexit arrangements to replace EU freedom of movement could slow the growth in the UK population and make people slightly better off.




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Jennifer Lopez makes poignant comment about immigrant children in cages as she is joined by daughter

Sunday's performance featured a surprise appearance from J.Lo's daughter toward the end of the show, singing Let's Get Loud as she sat in a round cage, surrounded by other children in cages.




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Jennifer Lopez hammers home her message against Trump's immigration policy

The clip shows Jennifer Lopez, 50, giving her team a pep-talk and holding hands with them in prayer before they take to the stage for Sunday's half-time performance at Super Bowl LIV in Miami.




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ICE asks judge to force NYC to share information about illegal immigrant

The court filing on Monday accuses Mayor Bill de Blasio's administration of ignoring subpoenas from Immigration and Customs Enforcement demanding information about Reeaz Khan.




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Gang of 33 illegal immigrants are caught in a lorry at Calais trying to FLEE the UK

The 33 illegal immigrants were found on Monday hiding in a lorry in Calais, France by shocked border force guards after clambering aboard at Dover. Many have now been returned to the UK.




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Donald Trump calls Mike Bloomberg a 'TOTAL RACIST' as stop-and-frisk recording emerges

President Donald Trump attacked Mike Bloomberg as a 'total racist' after audio surfaced of his 2015 speech adamantly defending stop and frisk police policies.




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Trump administration deploys elite Border Patrol tactical units to 10 largest sanctuary cities

Members of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection's (CBP) Border Patrol Tactical Unit will be among the officers deployed to cities to assist Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE.




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EU migrants will have to earn at least £23,000 before they are allowed into Britain

Migrants will also earn 'points' for how well they speak English. In some cases migrants taking jobs paying as little as £23,000 could be granted visas, depending on their skills.




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Sajid Javid stoked tensions by pushing for extension for unskilled EU migrants to come to Britain 

The chancellor insisted the UK's new border system would not be ready by December. Relations between No 10 and No 11 were stretched by the proposed extension.




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Keir Starmer REFUSES to say whether immigration should come down

Sir Keir Starmer insisted he does not believe in 'a numbers game' as he was repeatedly challenged on his views on immigration.




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Pauline Hanson has called on the government to 'tighten up' immigration laws

Pauline Hanson has called on the government to 'tighten up' immigration laws after a new report revealed 50,000 migrants who were denied asylum in Australia remain in the country. 




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CBP arrest driver after finding 26 illegal immigrants hiding inside tractor-trailer in California 

Customs and Border Patrol agents have arrested a 32-year-old man from Mexico who was caught smuggling 26 illegal immigrants into the country Wednesday via a tractor-trailer in California.




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Mike Bloomberg under fire for 2011 remarks on race

The billionaire, 78, made the comments during a 2011 interview with PBS while he was still serving as New York City Mayor.




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Romanian immigrant who once drove for Trump is still in ICE custody a year later

Zoltan Tamas (pictured), an immigrant from Romania who once drove for President Donald Trump is still being detained by ICE a year after he was given a deportation reprieve.




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How high immigration levels have pushed wages growth to a record low

Australian workers are failing to get a decent pay rise, whether they work in the public service or on a construction site. CommSec said high population growth was keeping a lid on wages.




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Farmers warn food prices could rise under new plans to keep low-skilled migrants out of the UK

Leaders in agriculture, hospitality and the care system lashed out at the Home Secretary after she dismissed fears over staff shortages caused by the proposed points-based system.




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At last! This is what we voted for: DAVID GOODHART on Priti Patel's post-Brexit immigration system

DAVID GOODHART: The post-Brexit shake-up to Britain's immigration system, unveiled today by Priti Patel, should be welcomed on the grounds of politics, economics - and general fairness.




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Priti Patel introduces plans for hardline points immigration policy

The 47-year-old, who was born in London to Ugandan Asian parents of Gujarati descent, admitted they would not have made the cut were the system in place in the 1960s when they arrived.




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ANDREW GREEN: Yes, he's listened. But if Boris isn't careful reforms could lead to MORE immigration

ANDREW GREEN: Nearly 20 years ago, I set up the think tank Migration Watch UK to give a voice to many of us who were concerned, not about immigration itself, but about the sheer scale of it




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Jobs bonanza for Australians wanting work in UK as new immigration laws will favour English speakers

New post-Brexit immigration laws in the UK will favour skilled English-speaking migrant workers over cheap unskilled labour from within the European Union.




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Protesters slam Joe Biden's record on immigration as they interrupt the Democratic debate

Protesters from RAICES Action, a prominent immigrant rights group, interrupted Biden's closing remarks near the end of Wednesday's two-hour televised debate at the Paris Theater in Las Vegas